Background and aims. There is a hypothesis that people with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can also be at risk of periodontal disease. This study aimed to assess the periodontal health in patients with and without rheumatoid arthritis. Materials and methods. Thirty RA patients with RA and 30 healthy...

Purpose: This study aims to assess the prevalence and severity of dental caries in male smokers and non-smokers with different educational backgrounds in randomized samples of 24-45, and 45 and above years-old individuals. Methods: This study was conducted on 315 male patients, attending the...

In many countries, scientists have demonstrated that smoking harms mostly every organ of the body and affect the appearance of the disease, Lithuania has undertaken various projects to promote that habit. Quitting smoking is possible only for the same patient, and aid smoker patient begins with...

Objective: The aim of this case-control study was to assess the smoker and non-smoker patients' oral health status versus students. Methods: The study was based on a clinical examination of 210 young adults (118 women, 92 men) aged between 22-32 years. 105 of these were students in the 5th and...

Purpose: Little is known about how to motivate youth to participate in smoking cessation programs. This paper reports an investigation of the feasibility and acceptability of an intervention that used vanity and oral health issues associated with tobacco use to motivate adolescent tobacco users...

The article discusses the determination of smokers' lung damage using cells lining the mouth as surrogate tissue. A research show that the mouth demonstrate the same molecular alterations that are in the lining of the lungs, linking that lung cancer could be identified easier and earlier. The...

The article offers tips on kissing. It is inferred that kissing is the simplest pleasure of sex. It stresses the importance of oral hygiene suggesting to brush one's teeth, rinse the mouth, and not to take garlic foods or to smoke for a better kissing as well as to beware for cuts and bleeding...

Reports that a study stated that patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) should avoid resistance training because it may worsen joint damage. Comparison of the effects of resistance training in three groups by researchers at Tufts University, Boston, Massachusetts; What study groups showed;...